I miss CC..

[laurenmay]

I'm only on my first day and I miss CC already! I really don't know what to do. My head is all a muddle with this dieting malarkey and it's driving me mad

The only reason I wanna do CD is to lose weight quicker and gradually ease myself into dieting - but I already miss real food and would kill for grilled chicken breast and steamed veg, what's wrong with me?!

If I knew I could lose weight just as quickly but be happier on CC then I'd do it - I'm totally and utterly confused.

The article by the doctor from biggest loser states that by eating 1050-1200 calories a day, you can expect to lose 3-5lbs the first week or more, and then 3lbs every week thereafter. I'd be happy with that, but how do I know that's what's gonna happen with me?

Help!!

 

[Lexie2005]

Hi Lauren

Sorry being thick but not sure what CD is? I think I remember you posting the other day that you lost quite a lot doing vlcd before but that some of it went back on. Is that not just proof that the sensible way is maybe cc. You look amazing in your avi so I can't see you have much to lose. I have a friend who wanted to lose 1.5 stone & has done it on between 110 & 1200 cals a day & although it has taken her about 4 months she now has no problems maintaining that loss.

Only you can decide what you want to do but I wish you Good Luck with whatever you do xx

 

[laurenmay]

Hi Lauren

Sorry being thick but not sure what CD is? I think I remember you posting the other day that you lost quite a lot doing vlcd before but that some of it went back on. Is that not just proof that the sensible way is maybe cc. You look amazing in your avi so I can't see you have much to lose. I have a friend who wanted to lose 1.5 stone & has done it on between 110 & 1200 cals a day & although it has taken her about 4 months she now has no problems maintaining that loss.

Only you can decide what you want to do but I wish you Good Luck with whatever you do xx

Hiya, CD is the Cambridge diet - meal replacement basically, but it's too hard for me and I don't have that level of committment so I'm not doing it now. I'm coming back to calorie counting, I don't think I can cope with the stress of a VLCD again!

I've got 3 stone to lose, my picture is a year old now when I was at my lowest of 9.7 stone.. I'm now 12.9 stone! and I did want the weight off asap, but now I just want it off and for it to stay off, so I'm coming back to CC and sticking to it. I don't have time to waste anymore messing about being back and forth diets! xxx

 

[Lexie2005]

I think you are wise, believe me I have tried so many things over the years & this is the first time I have had success like this & although you weigh a fair bit less than me I understand how you want it to happen yesterday I am always like that but I have now accepted that this is a jog not a sprint & it will be better in the long run & will stay off if I take it slowly..... Just keep looking at your avi & believe you can look like that again no matter how long it takes xx

 

[Mrs CC]

Lauren, Im gonner be frank with you. You seem to be worrying about your weight non-stop, which is what's causing you to have all these ideas of switching between diets. You have to find a way of switching that off otherwise it will always stop you from getting where you want to be. You have two options, the quick weight loss option, which means being strict with yourself and giving up things in exchange for the quick results you want. Or having more food and maybe some treats you enjoy and losing the weight more slowly. You have to decide which is best. No one can guarantee you will lose x amount of weight in x time cos everyone's bodies are different. I know you have your op coming up, but is it really the end of the world if you dont get to your goal by then? Is it not better that youre lighter than you are now and you will lose the rest after?! I think you have to make peace with the fact that losing the weight will take time and once you do that it will become easier for you. Im planning on it being xmas by the time I get to where I want to be! Its hard to see right now, but everyday I am taking a step towards getting thinner and fitter x

 

[laurenmay]

I think you are wise, believe me I have tried so many things over the years & this is the first time I have had success like this & although you weigh a fair bit less than me I understand how you want it to happen yesterday I am always like that but I have now accepted that this is a jog not a sprint & it will be better in the long run & will stay off if I take it slowly..... Just keep looking at your avi & believe you can look like that again no matter how long it takes xx

That's my problem, I want things to happen yesterday and then get impatient and blow it all! I need to stick with it and find some patience, I know I can do well if I have some faith in myself! xx

 

[laurenmay]

Lauren, Im gonner be frank with you. You seem to be worrying about your weight non-stop, which is what's causing you to have all these ideas of switching between diets. You have to find a way of switching that off otherwise it will always stop you from getting where you want to be. You have two options, the quick weight loss option, which means being strict with yourself and giving up things in exchange for the quick results you want. Or having more food and maybe some treats you enjoy and losing the weight more slowly. You have to decide which is best. No one can guarantee you will lose x amount of weight in x time cos everyone's bodies are different. I know you have your op coming up, but is it really the end of the world if you dont get to your goal by then? Is it not better that youre lighter than you are now and you will lose the rest after?! I think you have to make peace with the fact that losing the weight will take time and once you do that it will become easier for you. Im planning on it being xmas by the time I get to where I want to be! Its hard to see right now, but everyday I am taking a step towards getting thinner and fitter x

You're spot on. And I want the calorie counting option, I really don't mind the weight loss being slower so long as I'm happy and healthy along the way. I do need to stop messing around and just stick with it and let the weight gradually fall off - thank you, I needed this! xx

 

[Drunk Tinkerbell]

Seriously Lauren, your posts make me want to bang my head against a wall!

Every day you post that you don't like the diet you're doing. DIETS ARE HARD!!! You must pick a diet and stick to eat, even just for a week! You have to accept that it's hard to go without stuff. The first few days are the hardest.

I know this sounds horrible but the way you're going you are going to be a LOT bigger by Xmas. I'm saying that because I understand that you're miserable at the moment and I'm desperately trying to find the thing to say to kick you up the bum!

At the moment all you're doing is gaining.

Today, like every other day, you will say to yourself actually I don't want to do this diet, I'm going to do the other one and start again tomorrow. All these fresh starts are making you GAIN weight and it's unbelievably frustrating to see you doing it to yourself every day!!

If you are going to go back to CCing, do it TODAY. Do not give yourself another day off otherwise you'll be on the wrong side of 13 stone before you know it.

I know I sound harsh but I think you need a real telling off! You've put on nearly a stone since you started 'dieting'. Please don't let yourself still be talking like this in another stone.

START TODAY!!!
xxx

start - 12.7 current - 11.3 target 9.10

 

[laurenmay]

I know!! I dunno why I'm doing it to myself either - I've always been slim and always been amazing at dieting and sticking to it. I used to have so much willpower and would turn down anything I wasn't allowed to eat in a second. I dunno where that all went? I really wish I was the person now that I was back then.

I'm hoping I can find that person again, and find my strength and willpower. I'm going to calorie count because I do think I'll find CD too difficult and wont have time to work up the steps properly before my surgery either.

Thank you, needed this. When someone else tells me everything I've been thinking about myself it confirms I have a problem & need to sort myself out. xx

 

[Drunk Tinkerbell]

Well done hun. Start today xxxxxx

start - 12.7 current - 11.3 target 9.10

 

[Skinny Sia]

I totally agree with the the others. U need to give the diet a chance even if it's just for a week. I know u can't postpone surgery this time round. Lets be realistic here, ur not going to get to ur ideal weight in 6 weeks on CC or CD but at least ul weigh less than u do and hopefully be able to walk around better. Ul get all the support from us here as we understand how hard diets are but just start on one hunny and ul feel great by the end if the week. X

 

[Mo-Jo]

hey Lauren
have you ever tried weight watchers hun? you can still have a bit of the fast food you like and if you go over your points alowance you can earn points from exersise to put yourself straight again insted of thinking youv blown another day and having a blow out .
Iv red your posts loads of times and you realy remind me of myself and how I put my weight on...tomorrow does never come luv and having a blow out everynight for the diet that(never) starts the next day is whats doing the damage. as these ladies have said you need to commit to one diet and stick to it not throw the towel in 1st time it gets hard.
I know WW is just tossing in another option for you too possibly yo-yo to like you do from CC to CD but I realy think it might be right for you.
best of luck x

 

[laurenmay]

hey Lauren
have you ever tried weight watchers hun? you can still have a bit of the fast food you like and if you go over your points alowance you can earn points from exersise to put yourself straight again insted of thinking youv blown another day and having a blow out .
Iv red your posts loads of times and you realy remind me of myself and how I put my weight on...tomorrow does never come luv and having a blow out everynight for the diet that(never) starts the next day is whats doing the damage. as these ladies have said you need to commit to one diet and stick to it not throw the towel in 1st time it gets hard.
I know WW is just tossing in another option for you too possibly yo-yo to like you do from CC to CD but I realy think it might be right for you.
best of luck x

Hiya, my mum actually worked for weight watchers before after losing all her weight and getting to goal with them. I don't mind the concept of the diet but I wouldn't want to & wouldn't have time to go to the meetings and to be weighed etc. I'd rather calorie count as its what's worked for me before, plus it's easy and free. If weight watchers was free then I'd give it a go but I can't justify paying money for something I could do myself for free - even WW online is something like £40+ a month!

But I agree that I do need to do something, and stick to it and stop ****ing around! xx

 

[Wegle]

I know!! I dunno why I'm doing it to myself either - I've always been slim and always been amazing at dieting and sticking to it. I used to have so much willpower and would turn down anything I wasn't allowed to eat in a second. I dunno where that all went? I really wish I was the person now that I was back then.

I'm hoping I can find that person again, and find my strength and willpower. I'm going to calorie count because I do think I'll find CD too difficult and wont have time to work up the steps properly before my surgery either.

Thank you, needed this. When someone else tells me everything I've been thinking about myself it confirms I have a problem & need to sort myself out. xx

The one thing I really picked up from this post is how you are desperate to be the old you. By thinking like this you are automatically putting yourself in a negative mind set of "I'm not as good as I used to be!", this in turn stresses you out and is really counter productive to weight loss. Try to stop trying to be the old you, times have moved on and you are not the person you were then. Instead start trying to be the NEW you, the person you ate striving to be, someone who has confidence that they can achieve their goals, someone who can focus on a goal and go for it!

Today is the first day of the rest of your life and only you now can control it, you 5 years ago has no influence, only you now. Make a plan and stick with it, that's what the new you would do right?

Best of luck whichever road you go down and remember to have faith and confidence in yourself! Xxx

 

[Lexie2005]

I love how people's tough love worked on you, I'm clearly too soft lol!!!!

 

[Saska]

You're spot on. And I want the calorie counting option, I really don't mind the weight loss being slower so long as I'm happy and healthy along the way. I do need to stop messing around and just stick with it and let the weight gradually fall off - thank you, I needed this! xx

Hi there hon, just reading up here and feel for you. I too have tried different plans even the CD and lost quite a bit on that but realised I couldn't 'live' and socialise being on shakes for wks on end. I changed to Dukan just over 3 weeks ago and the lbs are coming off quite quickly...maybe not as quick as VLCD but yet quicker than calorie counting....for me and my body anyway. On the Dukan plan I can go out and socialise and 'live' and yet see the weight come off. You have to decide what's best for you, your body and your life style. Good luck and take care, Saska x

 

[laurenmay]

The one thing I really picked up from this post is how you are desperate to be the old you. By thinking like this you are automatically putting yourself in a negative mind set of "I'm not as good as I used to be!", this in turn stresses you out and is really counter productive to weight loss. Try to stop trying to be the old you, times have moved on and you are not the person you were then. Instead start trying to be the NEW you, the person you ate striving to be, someone who has confidence that they can achieve their goals, someone who can focus on a goal and go for it!

Today is the first day of the rest of your life and only you now can control it, you 5 years ago has no influence, only you now. Make a plan and stick with it, that's what the new you would do right?

Best of luck whichever road you go down and remember to have faith and confidence in yourself! Xxx

Thank you! I guess I am comparing myself to the person I was then, and it's hard not to but I know I need to focus on the here and now. I've always been the type of person that lives in the past in many respects, and I need to snap out of the habit. xx

 

[mrs-s]

I agree with all of this too, I havnt commented on anything for a few days because it's too frustrating! You just need to stick to one thing!
I really want to see you do well and lose weight, like someone else said its not nice watching you do this to yourself, it's like banging your head off a wall giving you advice lol
We're all cheering you on you just need to find some focus! You don't want to end up any bigger xx

 

[laurenmay]

It makes me feel guilty and not welcome when everyone thinks I'm frustrating though I know that I am, I frustrate myself and it's horrible for me to know I'm winding other people up too.

 

[Lexie2005]

It makes me feel guilty and not welcome when everyone thinks I'm frustrating though I know that I am, I frustrate myself and it's horrible for me to know I'm winding other people up too.

But you're not gonna frustrate us hon cos you're calorie counting & you're gonna stick with it & do it the sensible way. We are all cheering you on from the side lines!!!!